The Ever Given, the massive container ship that became wedged in the Suez Canal and cut off traffic in the vital waterway for almost a week, has been refloated.

Construction companies will need to hire at least 430,000 more workers this year than they employed in 2020, according to an average-growth analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released this week by Associated Builders and Contractors. 

After a challenging 2020, oil and gas demand recovery is proving good for drilling activity. Rystad Energy expects around 54,000 wells to be drilled worldwide in 2021, a 12% increase from 2020 levels. In 2022 drilling is set to increase even more.

PJSC Tatneft has received support from Russia’s Ministry of Energy to help finance the addition of several new advanced processing units at the more than 10-million tonnes/year refinery of subsidiary JSC Taneco’s complex in Nizhnekamsk, Russia.

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has received two consents related to vessels operations from the country’s offshore safety regulator, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA).

ConocoPhillips has contracted Aker Solutions to provide a subsea production system for the Eldfisk North development in the southern Norwegian North Sea

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group plans to go into all areas of hydrogen value chain, from production to transport, storage and use of hydrogen fuel.

Although inland navigation, short sea shipping and river-sea shipping are already CO2-efficient, there is still potential to make the European fleets greener.

Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract with Seacat Services to provide its steel-series waterjet propulsion systems for the UK company’s new wind farm support vessels

The ADCI has carried on with full operations despite COVID-19. Our committees and Board of Director meetings have been held virtually, and we continue our progress with the ADCI Audit Initiative, which was suspended in March due to COVID-19.